John Fogerty, Smokey Robinson and American Music

An R&B legend and more big names have been added to this year’s CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival lineup.
Motown Records icon Smokey Robinson remembers that at one of the storied label’s holiday parties in the late ‘60s, he received a very special gift. “Stevie Wonder came,” Robinson recalls ...
Smokey Robinson was born William Robinson Jr. in Detroit, Michigan on February 19, 1940 and is an American singer, songwriter, poet, record producer, and former record executive. Smokey began ...
On January 12, 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. started Tamla Records with the help of an $800 loan from his family, starting a journey ...
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Smokey Robinson and Halle Bailey — bridging Motown's old and new school — are lending their voices during a holiday special to honor the groundbreaking record label ...
Singer and songwriter Rickie Lee Jones is a Grammy-winning artist whose career (and 15 studio albums) spans five decades. She ...